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• Outer ear — External and middle ear, opened from the front. Right side. The auricula. Lateral surface …   Wikipedia

• ear canal — ear canals N COUNT Your ear canal is the tube that opens in your outer ear and leads inside your ear. Hearing can be affected by ear wax blocking the ear canal …   English dictionary

• Ear canal — External acoustic meatus Anatomy of the human ear. Latin meatus acusticus externus Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Outer ear — There are three sections of the ear: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The outer ear looks complicated but it is functionally the simplest part of the ear. It consists of the pinna or auricle (the visible projecting portion of the …   Medical dictionary

• outer ear — noun the part of the ear visible externally • Syn: ↑external ear • Hypernyms: ↑external organ • Part Holonyms: ↑auditory apparatus • Part Meronyms: ↑auditory me …   Useful english dictionary

• ear canal — noun either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane • Syn: ↑auditory meatus, ↑acoustic meatus, ↑auditory canal, ↑external auditory canal • Hypernyms: ↑meatus • Part Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• outer ear — noun The outer portion of the ear which includes the auricle and the ear canal and leads to the eardrum. Syn: auris externa, external ear See Also: middle ear, inner ear …   Wiktionary

• Ear canal, self-cleaning — Most of the time the ear canals are self cleaning, that is, there is a slow and orderly migration of ear canal skin from the eardrum to the outer opening. Old earwax is constantly being transported from the deeper areas of the ear canal to the… …   Medical dictionary

• ear canal — noun The tube or meatus running from the outer ear to the eardrum through which sound enters. Syn: acoustic meatus, auditory canal, auditory meatus, external acoustic meatus, external auditory canal …   Wiktionary

• ear canal — noun Date: 1930 the tubular passage of the outer ear leading to the tympanic membrane …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• outer ear — noun Date: 1701 the outer visible portion of the ear that collects and directs sound waves toward the tympanic membrane by way of a canal which extends inward through the temporal bone …   New Collegiate Dictionary